“The Spanish government has delayed the award of prestigious scientific grant programs and unexpectedly reduced travel grants even as young scientists were leaving for short stays at laboratories abroad …” (more)
[Davide Castelvecchi, Nature News Blog, 17 April]
“Picture a talented scientist working on a shoestring budget and you may conjure up romantic ideas of a creative genius alone in a lab, struggling against the odds, but employing ingenuity to crack problems that others can only tackle using brute force (ie generous funding) …” (more)
[Mark Stokes, Guardian, 16 April]
“Institutions like Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) are well-placed to benefit from new EU funding programmes, European Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn told delegates …” (more)
[Marie Madden, Galway Independent, 6 March]
“Most (though not all) academic research is funded by the taxpayer. Depending on how ambitious this funding is, it allows universities to attract and retain some of the brightest thinkers and innovators …” (more)
[Ferdinand von Prondzynski, University Blog, 5 March]
“Recent changes to the Irish State funding for scientific research and the hatchet job of ‘restructuring’ the policy formation mechanisms for science funding and development have been in the newsflow for some time. Here are a couple of very good links relating to the matter …” (more)
[Constantin Gurdgiev, True Economics, 3 March]
“The Government will today announce the investment of €200m in seven key research projects, directly creating 800 top-level jobs. A further €100m will be put forward over the next six years by 156 leading research industry companies, in what will be the largest joint state/industry research investment in Irish history …” (more)
[Fiachra Ó Cionnaith, Irish Examiner, 25 February]
“I have to say that is not without some relief that I have left the country and come to Brussels for a grading meeting for the European Research Council. I know that I have banged on before about how great the ERC is …” (more)
[Mary Beard, A Don's Life, 31 January]
“The government has a legitimate role in deciding where approximately £1.5 billion of capital funding outside the science ring-fence should be spent, David Willetts has insisted …” (more)
[Elizabeth Gibney, Times Higher Education, 31 January]
“An Irish research institution has secured a significant role in a massive €1 billion flagship EU funded research project. It was announced this morning that the CRANN centre at Trinity College Dublin is to play a primary role in the Graphene Flagship project, the largest research project ever funded by the EU Commission …” (more)
[RTÉ News, 28 January]
“Given the increasing importance of science for many aspects of our lives, what will the impact be on UK science if we are in or out of Europe? The first question to ask is whether we are financially better off by being in Europe …” (more)
[Paul Nurse, The Observer, 27 January]
“Is this applied or basic science? There’s a growing perception, at least from some quarters, that the SFI focus now is almost entirely on applied science …” (more)
[Brian M Lucey, 25 January]
“I wrote an earlier post about the idea of a country putting all its research funding and perhaps other resources too into a few top places. I think this is a very interesting topic for debate …” (more)
[The World According to Gar, 25 January]
“… So, is it the case that Irish universities are under-performing when it comes to EU research funding? It is certainly true that compared to other countries Ireland does not do well in securing ERC funding …” (more)
[Rob Kitchin, Ireland after NAMA, 24 January]
“We have come through a period of unprecedented growth in research activity in Ireland. New funding agencies Science Foundation Ireland and the two research councils emerged between 1998 and 2006 …” (more)
[Conor O'Carroll, Irish Times, 24 January]
“EU research ministers met in Brussels this week to discuss the European Union’s new programme for research and innovation Horizon 2020, which will start in 2014 with a proposed budget of €80bn. The ministers reached an agreement on part of the funding package for research and innovation …” (more)
[Carmel Doyle, Silicon Republic, 14 December]
“Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock TD attending the Research and Space parts of the Competitiveness Council this week in Brussels, welcomed the agreement reached by Ministers on a key element of the future EU funding package for research and innovation for the period 2014 to 2020, Horizon 2020 …” (more)
[Irish Building Magazine, 13 December]
“With Ireland taking over the presidency of the EU, we are well positioned to target a good slice of the Horizon 2020 budget, but Irish scientists are expressing concern with the current approach …” (more)
[HT: Stephen Sullivan]
[James Fogarty, Medical Independent, 13 December]
“Richard Bruton, minister for jobs, enterprise and innovation and Seán Sherlock, minister of state for research and innovation, today announced the publication of the Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2012, following agreement by Government …” (more)
[Michael Hennigan, Finfacts Ireland, 12 December]
“… What is the right balance between basic and applied research for a small island nation? Basic research is research that is not directed towards any particular application or development. There is an old joke: Basic research is like shooting an arrow into the air and, where it lands, you paint a target …” (more)
[The World According to Gar, 10 December]
“Nobel laureate Serge Haroche wants more long-term support for budding researchers. Young researchers in Europe need support to carry out ambitious projects, and the relatively short-term nature of politics should not undermine the long-term funding needs of science and the kinds of problems it can help to solve …” (more)
[Claire O'Connell, Irish Times, 10 December]
